David Poses is a writer, speaker and activist. After twenty years of hiding his struggle with depression and opioids, he started opening up and challenging the disregard of science and evidence in drug treatment, prevention and policy. Read More
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE WEIGHT OF AIR
"Painful, haunting memoir...A potent addition to the literature on drug addiction and recovery."
"A moving, tender, thoughtful account of addiction and also a compelling critique of a lot that's wrong with the dominant model of addiction treatment."
Johann Hari,
New York Times best-selling author of Chasing the Scream
"A searingly honest addiction memoir with a much needed perspective: addiction is frequently the result of attempts to self medicate mental illnesses like depression, yet our system treats people with punitive methods that actually make matters worse."
Maia Szalavitz,
New York Times best-selling author of Unbroken Brain
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